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Need to know: Friday, August 4, 2017
Gene editing: Gateway to Promised Land, or key to Pandora’s box?
It raises a host of ethical questions with religious ramifications, but bioethicist Arthur Caplan says designer babies aren't among them — yet.
Despite smuggled antiquities purchase, some say criticism of Bible museum is unfair
Questionable artifacts haven’t cast doubt on the reputations of other museums and institutions in quite the same way.
Your huddled what? White House aide Stephen Miller doesn’t think the Statue of Liberty has much to do with immigration.
Miller said Jewish poet Emma Lazarus’ famous inscription doesn’t matter since it was “added later” to the statue.
Ex-Catholic bishop of Phoenix accused of sex abuse of boy
Retired Bishop Thomas O'Brien is accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing the boy on several occasions at parishes in Phoenix and Goodyear from 1977 to 1982.
State Supreme Court rules the Episcopal Church can reclaim 29 properties from breakaway parishes
About two-thirds of parishes in the Diocese of South Carolina left the national church in 2012 after bitter arguments over gay rights. Now the denomination has to decide what to do with so many reclaimed church properties.
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Rastafarian pot farm shootout sparks religious-use debate
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California authorities said religious organizations will have to obtain a state license when they become available next year like everyone else if they want to legally grow marijuana in California.
Appeals court decides fate of nation’s oldest synagogue
BOSTON (AP) — Control of the nation's oldest synagogue building, Touro Synagogue in Newport, R.I., will no longer be in the hands of the local congregation but rather under the control of Shearith Israel in New York.
Joel Hunter to step down from Orlando megachurch
The megachurch pastor, who tried to lead the nation’s evangelicals toward more moderate, center-right positions on issues such as climate change and immigration, is stepping down as leader of Northland Church.
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Remembering the Oak Creek tragedy
BOSTON (RNS) — Sadly, violence against Sikhs continues five years after the horrific massacre.
Malls, small-town stores are closing all across America. And churches?
... we keep thinking of one special fact in the human condition and situation: sooner or later, every thing on earth will close and will not reopen. One does not need scriptural reminders of this; we just do our sighting and have evidence. Having read much about “decline” in religion—hereabouts, not always globally—evidences abound.
Polygamy’s becoming more acceptable. Is this the ‘Sister Wives’ effect?
Nearly one in five Americans see polygamy as morally acceptable, says Gallup. How do Mormons feel about it, and why?
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